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YOCOCU was born in 2008 from an idea by Andrea Macchia, Luigi Campanella and Ernesto Borrelli with the aim to realize a network among young professionals and researcher working in the field of Cultural Heritage.

AbstractEl-Mansoura city is one of the Egyptian intermediate cities in the Nile delta, The city center heritage mostly are in the European Mediterranean style because of the presence of the foreigner comunities in the city during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As many other Egyptian intermediate cities, the city heritage suffers from lack of maintenance and absence of organized conservation programs. El-Mansoura architectural heritage are divided into main five zones around the city center, The “private palaces and villas zone” it was the residence of the aristocratic Egyptians, The “Northern city center” it was the administration zone near the port, The “Commercial center” with high concentration of commercial activities, “El-Mokhtalat neighborhood” it was the residence of the foreigners and elite Egyptians, “Torel neighborhood” it was a combination of private villas. Their are some trials to preserve and restore the city heritage but normally they are individual trails, now there is some projects to make urban development of the valuable zones and that will lead to effective conservation projects in the future.{flippingbook_book 47}

AbstractIn the last years researchers are devoted with an increasing interest to the safeguard of the monumental and architectural heritage. A remarkable scientific production has been published and, contemporarily, economic investments have been allocated in that field. Despite that, professionals of the enterprises, essentially having the technical surveyor high school qualification, are still unaware of the techniques and know ledges in the field of Cultural Heritage and, in some cases, they persevere to apply techniques and materials advised for modern home building to the monumental and architectural heritage. With the purpose to overcome these gaps and to train the future surveyor professionals, the project called “Laboratorio dei Beni Culturali” (financed by the Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca -MIUR), was promoted and designed for the first time for the students of a technical high school. The goal of the project was to contribute to the formation in the field of the Cultural Heritage, by adding to the specific high school training course a new laboratory unit in order to improve the competencies in the field of the diagnostics of the cultural heritage. During the project, different laboratory experiences were accomplished on three types of stones and on some samples of plasters coming from historical buildings of Ortigia (Syracuse) in order to characterize and analyse them. Other measurements were addressed to the determination of environmental parameters, such as, for example, relative humidity and temperature. All the results obtained agree with the data reported in literature. All the experiences, mainly having educational character, were accomplished in the chemistry and materials laboratories of the Istituto Statale Istruzione Secondaria for surveyor “Filippo Juvara” of Syracuse by using the instrumentation there present.{flippingbook_book 46}

* University of Catania, Italy (Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo., Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo., Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo., Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.)AbstractIn the last decade, the use of 3D reconstructions of antiquities has become a well established trend that is now widely applied to increase the value of cultural heritage. Only recently 3D computer graphics have been interpreted also as a cognitive tool for the archaeological research, especially with regards to the great monuments of classical civilization. The decision to produce virtual models of pre-protohistoric monuments, often characterized by bad preservation of the remains and lack of other classes of documentary sources, can be considered as a real challenge for archaeologists and experts. This work, fitting the interests of Catania University’s Archeomatica Project (www.archeomatica. unict.it), aims to create a multi-phase virtual model, integrating the natural landscape and human constructions, of the Polizzello Mountain site (Mussomeli, CL), that flourished between the 10th and the 4th century BC. In particular, in this paper, the 3D models of two large holy enclosures are presented. They were interpreted as the focus of the activities of the acropolis of the site between the 8th and the 6th century BC. The elaboration has taken into account all the classes of data collected during the excavations, which have been recently completed, in order to give the philologically correct replica of what the buildings were at the time of their use. The work tool chosen is Blender, an open source, multiplatform software that is extremely powerful and versatile in 3D modelling, rendering and animation.{flippingbook_book 45}

AbstractRecently wide scale archaeological excavations held in Azerbaijan were discovered new archaeological monuments dating to different periods. Most of them were of scientific research character. In our co-authorship report we would like to bring to world’s scientific community notice excavation, conservation and utilization of three archaeological sites involved in Achaemenid and Antique periods. According to the only scientific aims preserving of this buildings were set aside mainly in Soviet periods. The archaeological remains, left to decay after excavations, show low resistance to the natural conditions, characterized by the frequent cycles of wetting and drying, thawing and freezing and wind erosion. Taking into consideration that in the construction of the building used mainly mud brick and lime stone, these monuments undergo of natural and anthropogenic danger. Conserving the monuments in a complex together with archaeological studying is the main responsibilities. The first samples of the utilization of archaeological sites are from urban archaeology when ruins of architectural constructions were unearthed and preserved in the formed city. Preserving these sites as a cultural heritage it is planned to include these areas in the tourist route together with other monuments in the region.{flippingbook_book 44}

CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORICAL CENTRES OF MODERN TOWNS IN CONTEXT OF KULDIGA, EUROPE AND NORDIC COUNTRIES

Jana Jākobsone*, Ivars Strautmanis** Riga Technical University, Latvia (Questo indirizzo email è protetto dagli spambots. È necessario abilitare JavaScript per vederlo.)AbstractThe article is written to analyze preservation and development of historical centres in towns of Europe and Nordic countries, as well to prevent previous mistakes in development of city planning. In the article there is analysed development planning in historical centres of foreign cities and activities to preserve and develop them, for example, Old Rauma in Finland, Kristiansfeld in Denmark, Drobaka in Norway, Zamosc in Poland etc. There are analysed positive experience implemented and list of activities done and planned to do by Kuldiga town municipality, what in a long term will promote understanding of inhabitants and owners of buildings , as well as improves possibilities to renovate historical buildings themselves under supervision of professionals. There is an analyse of experience what could be introduced to old-town of Kuldiga according to owned and attracted resources, like foundation of restoration centre and work out research on old-town inventory.{flippingbook_book 43}

THE PLACE OF MEDIEVAL TOWN OF SHAMKIR IN OUR CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION

Huseynli Namiq*, Rasul Mirzoev*

* National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, Scientific worker, department of medieval age.National Academy of Painters, architect, department of architecture,

AbstractThe ruins of the medieval town of Shamkir are situated in the western region of Azerbaijan Republic, in the north-eastern part of the Lesser Caucasus, on the left coast of the Shamkirchay River, on the Silk way. One of the most important achievements of the archaeological excavations is the complete study of the citadel and partial study of the town tower. Fortification constructions evoke special interest in learning the military architecture of Azerbaijan. Taking that fact into consideration urgent actions of preserving are being implemented. First the danger of destruction of the central tower of the eastern wall of the citadel was avoided by its preservation. At the same time the dilapidated arches of the excavated arch spans of the construction site on the excavationarea No 5 were partially preserved and partially restored for the progeny. Only the construction materials gathered during the excavation and the strengthening solution corresponding to the one of the historical period in question were used during the preservation.{flippingbook_book 42}

AbstractThe Ostia Marina project headed by prof. Massimiliano David and dr. Angelo Pellegrino started in 2007 thru an agreement, renewed in 2010, between the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Ostia Antica, now Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Roma, and the Department of Archaeology, University of Bologna, for the study of the area outside Porta Marina. The research has focused on the insula IX, regio IV, only marginally affected by the earthworks of the ‘40s. The preliminary surveys and the study of archive documents about the area outside Porta Marina were conducted in 2007. In 2008 the archaeological investigations was supported by two geophysical analysis to emphasize the potential of the site: the first, using the georadar,by Dr. Carlo Rosa, (Lerici Foundation), while the second, geomagnetic, by Dr. Helmut Becker (Becker Archaeological Prospection of Beuerberg - Germany).In 2009 was conducted the first campaign of excavations, under the direction of prof. Massimiliano David, prof. Dario Giorgetti for topographical aspects and Dr. Maria Luisa Stoppioni to catalog and study the artefacts.{flippingbook_book 41}

AbstractDwellings are individual’s primary anchor in an environment and represent the vast range of inhabitation around the world. In World Heritage studies, the enlarging number of World Heritage Sites has included certain dwellings of diverse meaning. However, the subjectivity and characteristics of dwelling properties seem hidden, even neglected. Dwelling itself rarely plays the main role for inscription; in contrast, it often acts as adjunct submissive to other powerful hegemonies. The main aim in this paper is initially to formulate a framework of conceptual thinking on the significance of World Heritage dwellings. It is also necessary to explain the rationale behind the dwelling inscription, to classify and interpret diverse meaning and then to raise awareness how authentic the life is.{flippingbook_book 40}

AbstractSome studies about PVA based gels and their applications as cleaning tools for painted surfaces are presented. New formulations of this class of high viscosity polymeric dispersions have been used to remove oxidized varnishes coating “Santo Stefano” by Ludovico Cardi detto il Cigoli (a 17th century oil-on-wood panel) and to remove Paraloid B72 from wall paintings in SantaMaria della Scala, Siena. Rheological properties have been studied in order to investigate themechanical behaviour of hydrogels with particular attention to their easy removal simply by apeeling off from the surface. {flippingbook_book 39}

AbstractTo plan an exhibition of cultural heritage in a museum it’s necessary to consider different aspects, firstly the safe conservation of the exposed objects, secondly the optimal vision offered to visitors for their satisfactions and enjoyment. With regard to conservation aspects it’s necessary to consider both the possible deterioration due to the radiation falling on the object and other aspects such as micro-climate conditions, frequency of visitors. Further important needs concern cheapness and low frequency of maintenance interventions by the curators. The study intends to examine existing light sources, in particular their lighting “quality” and to develop a new system, based on LED technology, able to combine visual valorization with protection of Cultural Heritage. In first phase the material to be investigated was realgar, a natural and artificial mineral, whose molecule consists of four covalent bonds As-S. In the presence of oxygen it undergoes a cyclic and autocatalytic photochemical transformation which causes an anisotropic volume increase of the crystalline unit cell and formation of AS4S4 in the form, known as pararealgar. Analytical measurements have confirmed this hypothesis and allowed the definition of the reaction kinetics. In these experiments a 100 watt halogen lamp was used. Currently, the study is in progress, in order to understand the behavior of the pigment in the binder, the damages suffered and the eventual positive action of the degraded compound against biodegradation.{flippingbook_book 38}

AbstractThis study aims to a chemical and physical characterization of the numerous fragments of polychrome stuccos and plasters found during the archaeological investigation carried out below the floor of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Trento, Italy. The chemical identification of pigments and painting techniques used, was of great importance to know the nature of pictorial materials discovered during the excavations. This information was also essential to identify the time of execution of the decorations and to connect the decorations with the construction phases of the church. The main analytical techniques used to determinate the composition of the samples were Fourier Transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), Raman microscopy and X-ray Fluorescence (XRF).{flippingbook_book 37}

AbstractThe wall decorations of the Castiglioni College Chapel are one of the most important examples of painting from the age of Galeazzo Maria Sforza in Pavia. Nowadays this painting suffers because of important deterioration phenomena that will soon be faced by a restoration work. With this intent the Castiglioni-Brugnatelli College Alumnae Association and the CISRiC (Interdepartmental Center for Study and Research for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage) promoted a set of diagnostic investigations. Material surveys have been conducted on minute fragments coming from the vault of the Chapel. Microstratigraphies, textures, composition of technical layers and pigments were studied by means of optical and scanning electron microscopy, μ-Raman spectroscopy and infra-red spectrophotome.{flippingbook_book 36}

Abstract One of the most illustrative example of negative consequences of past restoration interventions we can observe on the unique self-portrait of the baroque painter Giulio Quaglio from Laino near Como, Italy. He painted himself on the 1st of July in 1704 on the right wall in the presbytery of Cathedral of St Nicholas in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The paper is going to present interesting examples, demonstrating the nature of decay on wall and ceiling paintings and the consequences of unskilled and unprofessional restoration decisions and interventions in the past. With the mentioned subject we are going to present one part of the conservation-restoration project, executed in 2002-2006 by Restoration centre in Ljubljana under the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS) as one of the most complex conservation restoration projects in Slovenia.{flippingbook_book 35}

AbstractPainting techniques, used by Mesoamerican people to make their murales in the pre-Columbian era, are partially unknown. In this study it was tried to improve the knowledge of these techniques. Pigments, dyes and mortars were analyzed and also the deterioration causes of the paintings were investigated. Painting samples from three archaeological sites were collected and analyzed using optical microscopy for the optic observations and FTIR spectroscopy to analyze the main compounds of paintings, both organic and inorganic, but also secondary compounds produced by deterioration processes. XRD was used to analyze inorganic pigments and SEMEDS to study cross-sections. The diagnostic was made with the aim to have a previous restoration before applying a consolidation treatment. This will make possible to accurately remove of the degradation process and to proceed with the consolidation treatment with hydroxide nanoparticles for the consolidation of painted surface.{flippingbook_book 34}